How to Use going in a Sentence

going

1 of 2 noun

• The going got better as we neared the town.
• Debris in the street made the going difficult.
• She wrote four books in two years, and that's pretty good going by any standards!
• So snag ’em while the going is still good.
  — Gina Vaynshteyn, StyleCaster, 7 Oct. 2025
• The going was tough with a scant blood trail and no snow on the ground.
  — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 8 Jan. 2026
• Hiking off-trail is rough going.
  — Corey Buhay, Outside, 9 Sep. 2025
• Just make sure that your rowing form stays on point, even when the going gets tough.
  — Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 10 Nov. 2022
• Love comes and goes, but the going tends to be much more dramatic.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 30 Mar. 2023
• Throw on with your favorite leather pants for a relaxed going-out look.
  — Aemilia Madden, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Jan. 2023
• But the going was slow, the two men recounted.
  — Sacbee.com, 9 Mar. 2026
• The hours on either side of that will still be tough going, but not quite as severe.
  — Terry Eliasen, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026
• Lugo looked sharp in the early going.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2026
• That was in support of theater-going.
  — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 19 Feb. 2026
• The spot price is the current going rate for silver in dollars per troy ounce.
  — Amy Deyoung, USA Today, 4 May 2026
• Could these strange goings on be related to the murder next door?
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2023
• But in the early going, the change was zapping life off his fastball.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2022
• Coronato leads the club with two goals and three points in the early going.
  — Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
• Some places where open water had frozen into a long, flat surface made for easy going.
  — David Zeug, Outdoor Life, 22 Jan. 2023
• Some places where open water had frozen into a long, flat surface made for easy going.
  — David Zeug, Outdoor Life, 4 Feb. 2026
• The Mont serves seasonal amuse-bouche or a quick bite to get the palate going.
  — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Aug. 2025
• The fog was unusually thick and the going was slow.
  — Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 18 Dec. 2025
• The going doesn’t get any easier with Chelsea up next.
  — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
• Weebles is housetrained and easy-going.
  — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 20 Feb. 2026
• When the going gets rough in politics, mishap becomes metaphor.
  — Karen Tumulty, Washington Post, 23 June 2026
• Nor did the mistakes and mental errors that cost them so much in the early going.
  — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 18 Dec. 2022
• The Wildcats have done a good job of doing that in the early going.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 16 Mar. 2023
• The ceiling has become the floor for the Huskies in the early going.
  — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 2 Dec. 2022
• This team has not exactly shown the resolve to deal with the going when the going gets tough.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2023
• The seniors all returned to the game in the late going, thanks to the lopsided score.
  — Kansas City Star, 8 Mar. 2026
• The Cavs have lineup absences of their own going into this one.
  — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 20 Jan. 2023

going

2 of 2 adjective

• Industry sources said that is about half the going price for coal and gas.
  — Emily Green, latimes.com, 2019-07-10
• But simply locking him for the going rate is not something to cheer about.
  — Steven Ruiz, USA TODAY, 2017-06-22
• Nalani is an easy-going, sweet cat looking for her forever home.
  — The Arizona Republic, 2021-04-23
• One is easy-going, messy and unconcerned about the state of her apartment.
  — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 2022-01-31
• Bryant was a good strong going guy and this is a testimony of how strong the river is.
  — Travis Fedschun, Fox News, 2018-06-03
• Her calm strength and easy-going personality were a joy to all who knew her.
  — courant.com, 2019-08-07
• Just kind of goes about his business, but an easy-going guy. Gets along with everybody.
  — James Crepea, AL.com, 2018-03-17
• The guys are easy-going but the girls' interrogations are tense.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 2020-07-02
• As the numbers have risen, its easy-going attitude has toughened.
  — The Economist, 2018-02-17
• Rent for her two-bedroom unit was $824 a month, or about half the going rate for such apartments.
  — Jeff Collins, Orange County Register, 2017-05-28
• The going rate runs from $1 to $2 a signature—more than that as the filing deadline nears.
  — Ben Joravsky, Chicago Reader, 2018-05-10
• The going wisdom was that young, growing feet needed quality shoes and a careful fit.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 2019-08-19
• Bloom is an easy-going, mellow cat who has become the unofficial queen of catnaps.
  — Peggy Calhoun, idahostatesman, 2018-05-26
• The camp shirt acts as a perfect bathing suit cover-up when worn open and an easy-going top when buttoned up and tucked into denim shorts.
  — Madeline Fass, Vogue, 2021-07-28
• The going rumor is that she will be replaced by Sergio Massa.
  — Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 2022-08-02
• The going rate: $8.65 an hour, with extra bounties depending on the length of the snake.
  — Lois K. Solomon, sun-sentinel.com, 2019-09-13
• Her casual, easy-going attire helps the contestants feel at ease and lets their handicrafts shine.
  — Lourdes Avila Uribe, Glamour, 2018-10-16
• But there is no shortage of up-and-coming talents hankering to drive for a fraction of the previous going rate.
  — Jerry Garrett, New York Times, 2020-11-03
• One of the reasons for Pittman’s allure is his down-to-earth, easy-going, approach during interviews.
  — Wally Hall, Arkansas Online, 2020-10-22
• Bottom Line: An easy-going layer that can be used for a variety of winter workouts.
  — Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 2022-10-18
• At the heart of that era from a musical standpoint was the easy-going and gentle sound that Denver personified.
  — Chuck Dauphin, Billboard, 2017-07-16
• Totem’s bike also has an easy-going and durable-looking step-through frame, with the battery mounted under the seat for better weight distribution.
  — Gear Team, Wired, 2022-01-06
• What results is a thoughtful, easy-going project that is sure to give you newfound love for not just Sade, but everything Mark has to offer.
  — Kathryn Lindsay, refinery29.com, 2018-05-04
• The true freshman ended up covering the ball at Michigan State’s 2-yard line but couldn’t get anything going and had to punt it away.
  — Luke Srodulski, ajc, 2017-10-07
• Grab a blanket, pick up your goods from Spotted Owl, and head a mile down the road to Lock 3 for an easy-going, yet perfect picnic.
  — cleveland, 2020-08-21
• Note that a handful will be priced at $70, a $10 hike from the typical going rate for new games and a trend that has been suggested for the past few months.
  — Jeff Dunn, Ars Technica, 2020-09-17
• Konzen said the attire is included to demonstrate how going to church in the late 19th and early 20 centuries was a very formal event.
  — Frank Vaisvilas, Daily Southtown, 2018-04-11
• Those rents are a bit over $2 per square foot, which is roughly the going rate in many newer or newly redone apartment buildings in and around downtown Detroit.
  — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 2019-07-17
• Gilbert plans to auction off 138 acres of land nearly a decade after the town took heat for buying the property without a certified appraisal and at a price far above the going rate.
  — Lily Altavena, azcentral, 2018-07-12
• The federal government leases the location for less than $10 a square foot, which is about half the going rate for retail space in that area, Tony Nguyen said.
  — Mary Shanklin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 2017-08-22